Elizabethtown weather in January: Elizabethtown, Kentucky: normal highs, lows, rain and records for January
Elizabethtown in January has a normal high of 42°F and a normal low of 24°F, a daily mean of 33°F, holding near 42°F all month. Measurable precipitation falls on 11 days in a normal January, 3.99 inches in all. (NOAA 1991-2020 normals)
In metric: a normal high of 6°C and low of −4°C, 101 mm of precipitation and 5 cm of snow in January.
- NOAA stationElizabethtown Wp Cs
- Station IDUSC00152512
- Location37.68°N 85.88°W
- Elevation690 ft (210 m)
- Population34,565
- Jan 42° 24°
- Feb 47° 27°
- Mar 56° 35°
- Apr 67° 44°
- May 75° 54°
- Jun 83° 62°
- Jul 86° 66°
- Aug 85° 64°
- Sep 80° 57°
- Oct 69° 45°
- Nov 56° 34°
- Dec 46° 28°
Each month: normal high (large) and low, °F. Fill: the month's normal mean, colder blue to hotter red.
How warm is Elizabethtown in January?
The normal high is 42°F and the normal low 24°F, for a daily mean of 33.1°F. January is 4.0°F cooler than December and 4.1°F cooler than February. January is the 12th warmest month of the year in Elizabethtown and the 9th wettest, and the snowiest. From one year to the next January's mean temperature typically moves about 4.5°F either way (NOAA's standard deviation), so roughly two Januarys in three average between 29°F and 38°F.
Bars above: each day's normal high to low. Columns below: the chance of 0.01 inch or more of precipitation that day, on a scale of 0 to 100% (highest 38%).
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% |
| January 8 | 42°F | 25°F | 37% | 26% |
| January 15 | 42°F | 24°F | 36% | 24% |
| January 22 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 23% |
| January 31 | 43°F | 24°F | 33% | 22% |
Every day of January: normal high, low and chance of precipitation (warmest afternoon January 31, coldest night January 19)
| Day | High | Low | Chance of 0.01 in | Chance of 0.10 in | Daylight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 1 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 2 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 27% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 3 | 43°F | 26°F | 38% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 4 | 42°F | 25°F | 38% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 5 | 42°F | 25°F | 38% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 6 | 42°F | 25°F | 38% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 7 | 42°F | 25°F | 38% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 8 | 42°F | 25°F | 37% | 26% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 9 | 42°F | 25°F | 37% | 25% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 10 | 42°F | 25°F | 37% | 25% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 11 | 42°F | 24°F | 37% | 25% | 9 h 40 min |
| January 12 | 42°F | 24°F | 37% | 25% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 13 | 42°F | 24°F | 36% | 25% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 14 | 42°F | 24°F | 36% | 24% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 15 | 42°F | 24°F | 36% | 24% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 16 | 42°F | 24°F | 36% | 24% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 17 | 42°F | 24°F | 35% | 24% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 18 | 42°F | 24°F | 35% | 24% | 9 h 50 min |
| January 19 | 42°F | 24°F | 35% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 20 | 42°F | 24°F | 35% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 21 | 42°F | 24°F | 35% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 22 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 23 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 24 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 25 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 23% | 10 h |
| January 26 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 22% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 27 | 42°F | 24°F | 34% | 22% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 28 | 43°F | 24°F | 34% | 22% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 29 | 43°F | 24°F | 33% | 22% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 30 | 43°F | 24°F | 33% | 22% | 10 h 10 min |
| January 31 | 43°F | 24°F | 33% | 22% | 10 h 20 min |
- Normal high
- 42°FJanuary average
- Normal low
- 24°FJanuary average
- Precipitation
- 3.99 inmonth total
- Days with precipitation
- 110.01 inch or more
- Snowfall
- 2.0 inmonth total
- Nights at 32°F or colder
- 23
- Daylight
- 9 h 40 min to 10 h 20 minJanuary 1 to January 31
- Sunshine
- 63%of clear-sky sunlight (NASA)
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily normals, station USC00152512; monthly normals. Daylight is computed from the place's latitude with NOAA's solar equations.
Does it rain or snow in Elizabethtown in January?
On a given January day the chance of 0.01 inch or more is 36% on average, highest around January 1 (38%). In all, 3.99 in falls on 11 days of a normal January, 1 of them with an inch or more.
In a normal January in Elizabethtown, 23 nights fall to freezing, 6 days stay below freezing all day and snowfall averages 2.0 inches.
Snow falls on 1 day in a normal January, and an inch or more covers the ground on 1 day.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 daily and monthly normals, station USC00152512.
How does January in Elizabethtown compare across Kentucky?
Across the 68 places PlainClimate covers in Kentucky, January normal highs run from 40°F in Glencoe to 48°F in Eddyville; Elizabethtown's is 42°F.
Source: NOAA NCEI 1991-2020 monthly normals for every station in the state.
Other months and places
- Elizabethtown in December46°F by day, 28°F at night
- Elizabethtown in February47°F by day, 27°F at night
- Elizabethtown through the yearEvery month, frost dates, records and recent years
- Kentucky in JanuaryThe statewide normal and the warmest and coolest places
- Eddyville: Kentucky's warmest Januarynormal high 48°F